Do you sell/exchange anyway and just pay the tax man/lady?

Congrats on saving up that's an amazing start.I would suggest holding off on flipping if you don't want to do it near you, although with $250k, you probably could find something even in California that you could flip, we hear horror stories from our clients all the time of how they hired a contractor but were not able to watch progress and fly in 2 months later to see almost no work done and most of the money spent.  

I watched a video about house flipping, and he said to secure a property before a hard money and gap lender.

I doubt he ever recovered it.Another growing fraud to watch for?

Are there specific things I should watch out for when dealing with insurance companies in Florida?

Anyway...to the lady who wanted to find tax liens...there is a ton of free material on youtube that will walk you throught the process.

While I am absolutely looking from afar right now, I have been watching this area for a couple of years and as a city they seem to be making steps in the path of progression.

Are you going to sit next to your accountant and watch that she does not take any breaks?

I have read, watched and listened to most every piece of content I could find on this topic and I am just not seeing much downside and am seeing a TON of upside.

But if you change title, but not the loan, you should watch out for a due on sale clause